Fork or knife receptacle.



B. OHRBACH 6L C. H. ZWERLING.

FORK 0R KNIFE RECEPTACLE.

APPLlcATioN FILED JULY 24.1914.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

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BENJAMIN OHRBAGH', or'E'Pto'oiLYN AND CHARLES' ZWERLING, on NEW YORK, N.Y., AssierNo'Rs T'o-v MORRIS BERNARD KASSEL, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

FORK 0R" KNIFE RECEPTACLE.

specification' of Letters; Patent.

Application -led Ju1y24, 1914. Serial 110,852,822.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN OHRBACH, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing'at Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, and CHARLESHERMAN Z'wERLING, a citizen of the` United States, residing at New York,county of New York, State of New York, have invented anew Fork or KnifeReceptacle.

The invention relates to sanitary bar fiXl tures, and its object is toprovide'ia sanitary methcd of keeping knives and forks, particularlyforks at lunch counters. rllhe method commonly used at lunch counters isto have dierent people useY the saine fork over and over again-,which isofcourse a very unsanitary method. A somewhat improved method used, isto have a basinof water into which'the fork is dipped'for the purpose ofcleansing. By the use of our de-A vice a strictly sanitary method isobtained.

We employ a receptacle or receiver, provided with suitable guides tohold a number of clean forks in place, the same being covered by aproperly fitting hood, the handles of same being visible. If a persondesires to use one of the forks, he takes the handle of the fork andslides it along the guide until it reaches the end of the guide, when itis detached. After using the fork, it is deposited in the lower slot,where it drops into a drawer filled with a liquid cleansing material.After all the forks have been used, the drawer is opened, the forksremoved and washed and then replaced in the y guides again. It will thusbe seen, that by means of our device. each fork can only be. used once,after which it must be washed again. and it therefore promotes sanitary2, and F ig..4. is aperspective view of 'our device.

The casing or hood 5, being'made of suit- .ablev material suchV as metalor wood, is,

made of-ashapefto form a chamber'20, closed at? oneendv and open attheother'e'nd; A door 111iis hingedly connected at the open.

end of the chamber. The clasp or fasteningv means 15, is usedto keep thedoor'h 111, closed.

The lower: portion offthefcasing 5, is attached to `an upright frame 8,or is madeA of on..vr piece with'the upright' frame 8, as is clearlyshown in. Fig. 2. vTwo longitudinal slots -6v and 7, are/'provided` inthe casing' 5. r The said slots (ia'nd-7,r.un.to vthe open endwof thechamber. 20,l ywhile at. thev closed' end of the chamber 20, theslot's 6and` 7 terminate into two slots 18 and 19, running at right anglesf'tothe-slotsG an'd'7. The plate 10, is`

bent into such shape so as to form two parallel sides, and a third-sidewhich is thenv attached to the inside of the roof in the chamber 20.rlhe two plates 10, serve as guides to prevent the forks 16, fromturning around. The rib 9, flanged at the top, is attached to the underside of the plate 10, while the lower portion of the rib 9, is attachedto the sides of the upright frame 8.

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This provides a rigid support for the casing 5. The bottom of theupright frame 8 is attached to aboX 11, or is made of one piece withsame. The top of the boX 11, is provided with a slot 12, running nearlyits full length. A drawer 13, is fitted into the inside of the boX 11,and runs its full length. A ring 21, is attached to its outer side toenable it to be pulled out. The object of the slot 12 is to provide vanexternal means of placing the forks or knives into the drawer 13 afterusing, without necessitating the opening of same.

The drawer 13. when in use is kept filledwith a cleansing liquid, toprevent the adhering food from drying up. vIt is thus much easier toclean the knives or forks later.

The legs 22, are fixed to the'bottom of the boX 11, for the purpose ofornamentation and to keep the bottom of the boX abovel device could beused for storing knives or other like utensils. Ve also do not wish tolimit ourselves to this type of guide, as many other forms Could be usedembodying the same principles.

In the use of this device, the following procedure is followed: The doork14: is opened and the forks 16 are inserted in the slots 6 and 7,allowing the guides 10 to come between the prongs of the forks. r1`hedoor 14 is then closed. The drawer 13 is iilled with a cleansing liquid.1f a person desires to use one of the forks, he takes the projecting`handle of the fork and slides it along the slots 6 or 7, depending onwhich side it is, until the slots 18 or 19 are reached, when the forkwill become disengaged. After he is through using same, he deposits itin the slot 12, from where it will drop into the liquid in the drawer13.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and wish tosecure by Letters Patent: Y

1. A receptacle comprising, a casing having a longitudinal slot at itsbottom for receiving forks or the like, a guide fixed within the saidcasing above the said longitudinal slot, the said guide'being composedof an integral member having one side parallel Copies of this patent maybe obtained for to the said slot and another side being connected to thesaid casing. Y

2. A receptacle comprising, a casing having two longitudinal slots atits bottom for receiving forks or the like, two guides fixed within thesaid casing above the said longitudinal slots and parallel to them,adapted to hold the prongs of inserted forks, the said guides beingcomposed of an integral member.

A receptacle comprising, a casing havn ing two longitudinal slots at itsbottom for receiving forks or the like, two guides fixed within the saidcasing above the said longitudinal slot-sand parallel to them, adaptedto hold the prongs of inserted forks, the said f guides being composedof an integral member having two sides parallel and the third side beingconnected to the casing and a supporting base for the said casing.

Signed at New York in the county of New York, and State of New York,this 23 day of July, 1914.

BENJAMIN OHRBACH. CHARLES H. ZWERLING.

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